Metacritic Movie Ratings
Heading South Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  The New York TimesStephen Holden

  A beautifully written, seamlessly directed film with award-worthy performances by Ms. Rampling and Ms. Young.

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• 91

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  A pleasurably unsettling, sunbaked tale of sex and politics set in late-1970s Haiti.

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• 80

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  Laurent Cantet's fascinating, troubling drama has many meanings.

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• 60

  out of 100

  Variety

  Cantet's anticipated follow-up to "Time Out" supplants that pic's important issues with unexamined attitudes toward sex and the tropics.

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• 60

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano

  Lonely, bitter, insecure and clearly unstable, the women are meant to level the emotional playing field and add depth to what is, at heart, a story about the exploitation of poor nations by rich and powerful ones. But they wind up being too bitter and unstable to elicit much sympathy.

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• 60

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterRay Bennett

  Cantet keeps a lid on a story that he could have easily exploited, but he makes his points about beauty, fulfillment, self-indulgence and delusion with a measured hand.

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